Power-transmitting mechanism.



POWER TRANSMITTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATIN FILED SEPT.22, 191 l.

Patnd 001. 31,1916.

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POWER TRANSMITTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, i911.

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POWER TRANSMITTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION HPLED sEPT.22. 1911.

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. STATES PATENT oFF-ICE.

HARVEY D. WILLIAMS AND REYNOLD J' .ANNEY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS :TO THE WATERBUBY TOOL COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNIEIGTICU'I,V A CORPORA- TION 0F CONNECTICUT.`

POWER-TRANSMITTING MCHANISM.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, HARVEYl D Wm. vLIAMs and REYNOLD JANNEY, both c1t1zens of the United States, and both residents of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Power.-

Transmitting Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

Our present invention relates t0 mechanism for transmitting power between two.

. character shown in Letters Patent 925,148

.',erating as a pump.

'i motor after having actuated'it.

issued to one of us, (Harvey D. Williams) on June 15, 1909. In said'patent, a universal joint connection is employed between the two parts rotating about intersecting axes, (the relative speeds of said two parts therefore varying in accordance vwith the laws governing universal joint connections).

The effects of this uneven action we have endeavored to correct by variousl expedients disclosed in the aforesaid Letters Patent and in other.

Our lpresent invention has forits object. to avoid allnecessity for vcorrectlon by 1nsuring absolute conformity in the rotary speed ofthe two'meinbers=` rotating about intersecting axes.

In the accompanying drawings we'have illustratedV several typical forms of'our invention, as applied to a fluid-pressure. moi tor, but the device shown is reversible in function, that is to say,'it is capable of .op-

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the mechanism, Figs. 2 and 3f are cross-sections on lines 2-2 and 3-3 respectively-of Fig. l. Figs.' 4, 5, 6 and 7 are partial .crosssections showing other embodiments of our invention. y

The inclined cylindrical casing 1 of the motor istted tightly against the stationary valve plate or valve block 3,. provided with segmental ports 3l and 3" respectively, one of these serving to admit a iuid (say oil) under pressure, while thev other serves as an outlet through which the oil passes from the The manner of supplying the oil under pressure and of disposing of the oil dis- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 22,1911. Serial No. 650,772.

Patented oet. 31, 191e.

charge from thek motor, is immaterial to our present invention, but in practice'we intend to use this motor in connection with a variable delivery pump of the character'set forth in the aforesaid Letters Patent, so that the pump and motor together will constitute. a

variable speed gear.- At 2 we have indicated a with al number of cylinders 51, (nineL cylinshaped hole. in the valve plate. The tapered.

end of this stud is provided with a transverse slot 7 a one end of which isangular. In Athis slot a pin y39 is inserted so as to securely hold the stud in the valve plate. The pin 39 is held securely in' position by acap screw 40, which being yscrewed into the valve plate presses down against the end ofthe' pin 39.

For conveniencel inr withdrawing the pin,y

its upper-end 'is threaded. This thread is not inusefhowever, except when it is desired towithdraw the pin. The outer end its position in-the'valve plate, it is reversed,

and the threaded part 41 is screwedl on -to'A the threaded end of the. pin 39. When thef face' 42 of the cap 40 strikes against the valve plate, the pin 39 is pulled out and may then be withdrawn from the stud'7.

On the stud 7. rotates la sleeve 5 ffitted:

with the-sleeve aroundthe stud. vOne of l9o of the cap screw40iisjthreaded as shown'at v41. When the capsorew is unscrewed from of which will be explained later. Near the j i center ofthe sleeve are two T-shaped keys 6..

The stems of these keys are round and fit into holes in the sleeve, while the tops of the keys are flat and rest on flattened surfaces on the sleeve. The flattened parts of the keys also slide in key slots 4a in the cylinder barrel 4.

The T keys 6 made as above described can oscillate about their stems vand since the tops next to the gear teeth 8. This spring keeps the cylinder barrel pressed against the face of the valve plate.

At the left of the spring in Fig. 1 extends the drivenshaft 10. The inner end of this shaft is enlarged into a disk-like piece 49. Around this disk are placed the sockets 22, there being as many sockets as there are pistons 23, movable in the cylinders 51 of the cylinder barrel 4, and they are equally spaced. In each of the lsockets 22`rests the ball end 27 of a connecting rod 26, there being one rod from each piston. The ball ends are held in the socket'by a socket face cap 21, which is held by screws 35 to the face'of the socket ring or disk 49. Similarly the other'ends of the rods 26 are held in the pistons 23 by means of bushings 24,

usually split for convenience' of assembling and threaded sleeves 25. j

To the inner end of the shaft 10, and within the circle of the socket, is secured rigidly a bevel gear 9, as by the screws 11. This bevel gear lmeshes with the gear teeth 8 on the barrel sleeve 5.l In vorder that the teeth may not be forced together by an end thrust on the shaft, or by the end thrust due to the action of the spring 38, a central extension of the gear 9 is fitted with the conical surface 20, this surface coinciding with the pitch surface of the bevel gear. A corresponding conical surface is provided on the disk 50, which is inserted into the end of the barrel sleeve 5. l

It will be seen that since the shaft 10 and the barrel sleeve 5 are connected bythe bevel gears 8 and 9 the rotation of the shaft 10 and the barrel sleeve 5 will be in exact unison. This provides perfect regularity between the positions of the cylinders in the cylinder barrel and the sockets in the socket disk, so that the reciprocation of the pistons will be entirely free from the universal joint irregularities occurring with our former constructions.

For the sake of completeness, we shall now describe certain other features appearing in the drawings: The shaft 10 is supported in antifrictionbearings, ballbearings 12 being shown in Fig. 1, with a separate sleeve 13 between them. In order to facilitate removal of these bearings when desired, they are contained within a sleeve 14, tapered on i the' outside to fit a corresponding seat in the casmg 1. The outer endl of the sleeve is threaded to receive a nut 15 which abuts against the end of the casing. Thus by `turning the nut in the proper direct-ion the 'sleeve 14 will be moved outward to start it from its tapered seat. To take up end thrust, al race 16 is securedon the inside of vthe casing 1,"adjacent to the inner end of the shaft 10, and an opposing channel track 17 is secured rigidly to the socket disk`49. This race and trackare engaged by thrust rolls 19 spaced by means of a separator or cage 18. To secure-a tight joint at the outer end of the shaft 10, a stutling box 28 is screwed on the end of the casingl, to press a soft metal gasket 29 against said casing. The threaded outer end of the stuliing box 28 receives av cap 30 for pressing -the gland 31 against the shaft packing 32. The cap f 30 after adjustment, is held against turning by means of a key 33, engaging one of a number of grooves 30a and securedv by means of ascrew 34, extending intoA the stuffing box 28. Finally, to allow the oil which usually fills the casing 1, to eXpa-nd'without straining the machine, the following ar- .l rangements are provided. An oil expansion box 43 communicates witha passage 47 in the upper portion of the valve plate 3, which passage is open permanently to the upper portion ofthe chamber inclosed by the casing 1, and also in the case illustrated, to the corresponding portion of the chamber inclosed within the casing 2. The barrel stud '7 is provided with lubricating channels 45 and similar channeis are provided in the pistons 23 and connectingrods 26. At the lower portion of the valve plate 3, achannel 46 connects the lower portion of the chamber inclosed by the casing 1, with the lower portion of the corresponding chamber within the casing 2, in substantially the same manner that the passage 47 connectsV the upper portions of said chambers.`

It will be readily understood that the constructiondescribed above may be altered in various respects without |in the least affecting the principle of operation set forth.

A few of the possible modifications are illustrated in Figs. 4 to 7 inclusive. The bevel teeth 8a (intended to mesh with the teeth 9 shown ,in Fig. 1), are provided on an extension 4b of Athe barrel 4, instead of being formed on the sleeve 5B. This sleeve differs but slightly in shape from the sleeve 5 `of Fig. 1, but hasthe same function in connec` tion with the barrel 4, springs 38 and stud 7b, the latter being suitablyrfsedured to the valve plate 3. It will be understood that Figs. 4 to 7` are incomplete, the parts not shown therein being of the same construction as in Fig. 1. The barrel 4e of Fig. 5 is fitted to slide freely on a bearing ybushing 37a mounted loosely on the stud 7c which is provided with a head at its free end. The

`spring 88a bears against Lthe bushing 37@L and against thevbarrel.y Theconical surface is formed on a. plate attached tothe barrel 4C. In other respects, the constructionis the to the keys 6 of Fig. 1. The spring 38 is interposed between shoulders on the barrel@y 4, and on the rotating stud 7d respectively.

In Fig. 7, the barrel 4d is made integral with'or rigidly attached (by a pin 7") to the rotary' stud 7f, journaled in a bearing 3d of the valve plate 3. One end of the stud carriesI the conical surface 20 adjacent to the bevel teeth 8a on the barrel, the other end of the stud has a collar 7g secured toit by a pin 7h a spring 88 being interposed between said collar and the bearing?)d to press the barrel 4d against the valve plate 3.

While in Figs. 4, 5 and 7 we have shown gear teeth 8a directly on the barrel 4, 4c or 4d respectively, we prefer constructions of the character illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 6, where the barrel 4 is movable lengthwisel` (under the. iniiuencel of the spring 88 or 38b respectively, and of the excess liquid pressure on the inner faces ofthe reduced ends at the cylinder ports) relatively to the member (7 or 7 d respectively), which is provided withV the gear teeth (8 or 8b respectively).

The longitudinal mobility of the cylinderv barrel relatively to the toothed member with which said barrel rotates,.is of advantage for the followingreasons: The driving force applied to the gear teeth unsymmetrically; that is to say, only atone side of the axis,

produces an uneven or one-sided longitudinal stress. When the gear teeth are on the barrel, as yin Figs. 4, 5 and 7, this one-sided stress comes directly on the barrel'and tends j to impair the tightness of the joint ybetween the barrel and the valve plate. By sepa-- rating the barrel from the member carrying the gear teeth, we are enabled to exert on the barrel (as by means of the spring 38 or 88h) a steady or uniform axial thrust to hold the barrel tightly against the valve Plate, said thrust being entirely independent of the changeable and uneven forces arising at the gears, and of dimensional changes which accompany `stresses and changes of temperavture and of imperfection due to wear or to lack of'perpendicularity in machining. In the preferred form of our invention, we thus exert a constant axial orlongitudinal thrust on the barrel, and apply the torque to a sepa- 1. The combination of a stationary valve plate having ports, al barrel held to rotate adjacent to said valve plate and provided with cylinders having ports adapted to register with those of the valve plate, pistons in said cylinders, al shaft\disposed at an angle to the axis of the barrel, a member rotatable in unison with the barrel and projecting therefrom toward said shaft, the adjacent ends of said shaft and member being geared together and also having conical engaging surfaces to take up end thrust, and a connection'between the shaft and the pistons to cause the reciprocation of the pistons in the cylinders tobe simultaneous ywith the rotation of the shaft and 'the barrel.

2. The combination of a stationary valve plate having ports, a barrel held to rotate adjacentto said valve plate and provided with cylinders having ports adapted to register with those of the valve plate, pistons in said cylinders, al shaft disposed at an angle to the axis ofthe barrel, a member co-axial with the barrel and geared to said shaft to rotate in unison therewith, a key carried by said member and engaging the barrel to compel it to rotate in unison with said member yet allowing the barrel to slide lengthwise of said member, said key being beveled lengthwise to allow the barrel to rock thereon, anda dconnection between the shaft and the pistons to cause the reciprocation of the pistons in the cylinders, to be simultaneous with the rotation of the shaft and of the barrel.

8. The combination ofV a stationary valve plate having ports, a barrel held to rotate adjacent to said valve plate and provided with cylinders having ports adapted to register with those of the valve plate, pistons in said cylinders, a shaft disposed at an angle to the axis of the barrel, a member co-axial with the barrel and geared to said shaft to rotate` in unison therewith, a' key swiveled to said member to swing on an axis transverse to the axis of rotation, and engaging the barrel to compel it to rotate in `unison with said member yet allowing the i. The combination of a stationary valve plate having ports, a barrel held to rotate adjacent to said valve plate and provided with cylinders having ports adapted to register with those of the valve plate, pistons in said cylinders, a shaft disposed at an angle to the axis of the barrel, a member co-axial with the barrel and geared to said shaft to rotate in unison therewith, a key swiveled to said member to swing on an axis transverse to the axis of rotation, and engaging the barrel to compel it to rotate in unison with said member yet allowing the barrel to slide lengthwise of said member, said key being beveled lengthwise to allow the barrel to rock thereon, and a connection between the shaft and the pistonsto cause the reciprocation of the pistonsto be simultaneous with the rotation of the shaft and barrel..

5. The combination ofa stationary valve plate having ports, a barrel held to rotate adjacent to said valve plate and provided with cylinders having ports adapted to register with those of the valve plate, pistons in said cylinders,l a shaft disposed at an angle to the axis of the barrel, a ring per-v pendicular to said shaft and held to rotate therewith, rods connectingsaid ring with the pistons, bevel gearing for compelling the barrel to rotate in unison with the shaft, and conical thrust-receiving surfaces adjacent to the members of the bevel gearing.

6. The combination of a stationary valve plate havingl ports, a barrel held to rotate adjacent to said valve plate and provided with cylinders havingports adapted to register with those ofthe valve plate, pistons in said cylinders, a shaft disposed at an angle to the axis of the'barrel', meshing bevel gears, one held to rotate in unison with said shaft, and the other. in unison with the barrel, engaging conical surfaces, coincident with the pitch surfaces of the bevel gears,

to take up the end thrust of said gears, and a connection between the shaft and the pis- Atons to cause the reciprocation of the pistons in the cylinders to be simultaneous with the rotation of the shaft and barrel.

7. The combination of a stationary valve plate having ports, a barrel held to rotate adjacent to said valve plate and provided with cylinders having ports adapted to reg ister with those of the valve plate, pistons in said' cylinders, a stationary stud co-aXial with said barrel, a sleeve mounted to turn on'said stud and held against longitudinal movement but compelled to rotate with the barrel yet allowing the latter to slide length- ,wise of the sleeve, a shaft disposed at an on said stud and held against longitudinal movement but compelled to rotate with the barrel yet allowing the latter to slide lengthf wise of the sleeve, said sleeve extending beyond the barrel at the end farthest from the valve plate, a spring interposed between said end of the barrel and the projecting portion of the sleeve to press the barrel toward the valve plate, a shaft disposed at an angle to the aXis`of said barrel, meshing gear teeth on said shaft and sleeve respectively, and a connection between the shaft and the pistons to cause the reciprocation of the pistons in the cylinders to be simultaneous with the rotation of the shaft and barrel.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.-

HARVEY D. WILLIAMS. REYN OLD JANNEY. Witnesses as to Harvey D. IVilliams:

JOHN A. KEHLENBEGK, Loms ALEXANDER. Witnesses as to Reynold J anney:

HORACE G. HOADLEY, M. G. STEARNS. 

